As the House returns to session today – with only four days left to avoid a DHS shutdown – we wanted to be sure you saw this morning’s Washington Post editorial highlighting Republicans’ inability to govern responsibly, which is placing national security risk.

With only four legislative days left until DHS shuts down, more Republican Senators are coming out in support of immediate action to fund the Department (ie, that clean funding bill we’ve been talking about for weeks).

Wanted to be sure you saw today’s Republican quote of the day urging Republican leaders to pass a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, courtesy of Republican Senator Mark Kirk from Illinois (who has clearly changed his tune from yesterday).

With one month left for Americans to sign up for health care coverage for 2015, we thought we’d show (in gifs) how Republicans are continuing to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that millions of Americans are benefiting from the affordable, quality health care the law provides.

As House Republican leaders play games with our national security by attaching poison pill amendments to must-pass DHS funding legislation, here’s an interesting development: they are quickly losing support from their own Members.

We wanted to make sure you saw this brutal summary of the Republican-led 113th Congress, which has earned its “do-nothing” title after being the least productive, most closed Congress in modern history.

After Republicans refused to take up comprehensive immigration reform this Congress and instead focused on partisan bills to respond to the President’s executive actions, we wanted to make sure you saw today’s new poll showing the majority of Americans agree with Democrats that it’s time for Congress to act on comprehensive reform.